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Consultant Obstetrician and Emergency Obstetric
Unit.
The Consultant Obstetrician, Mr. W. O'Loughlin,
resigned and left the district in June, 1938. It was not
found possible to secure the services of an obstetrician
of consultant status who lived sufficiently near to the
district to fill the vacancy and arrangements were
therefore made with the County Council to secure the
services of the Emergency Obstetric Unit at Oldchurch
Hospital, the fee charged being three guineas per
attendance. This unit would only be called into service
where a patient, in her own home, was the subject of
some obstetric emergency which would render her
removal to hospital hazardous. Up to date it has not
been necessary to apply for this unit.
The unit provided by this Council and located at
York House, has now, of course, ceased to function.
Ante-Natal Services.
Ante-Natal Clinics.—Three weekly ante-natal
sessions are held at the Becontree Clinic, three at the
Dagenham Clinic, two at the Five Elms Out-Patient
Department and a weekly clinic at York House. In
addition, the Chadwell Heath Clinic was held twice
monthly and Rush Green once monthly.
At the Five Elms Out-Patient Department the
Consultant Gynaecologist paid fortnightly visits throughout
the year, seeing a total of 139 women who made
313 attendances.
244 cases were referred to hospital for confinement
under the Council's scheme, of whom 208 were admitted
to the East End Maternity Hospital, 13 to City of
London Maternity Hospital and 23 to Oldchurch
Hospital. The cost to the Council for these patients,
after the receipt of the patients' fees, amounted to
£1,465. 10s. Od.